Today in the 1770s: July 26

WILLIAMSBURG, July 26, 1776.
WANTED for the Continental Hospital in Williamsburg, some NURSES to attend the sick. Any such, coming well recommended, will have good encouragement by applying to the Director of the Hospital.

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The Continental Congress resolved that 2 surgeons, 1 apothecary, 6 mates, 1 clerk, 1 storekeeper and 1 nurse to every 10 sick be employed. Nurses were of both sexes. In May 1776 the Virginia Convention appointed a committee to investigate the formation of a hospital in Williamsburg.

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Intended to provide a glimpse into the breadth of subject matter in the Gazette, excerpts from the 18th-century Virginia Gazette have been chosen for every day of the year and annotated by staff of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.

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